Robert Roth
1 min readMay 3, 2024

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An excellent article. However I am compelled to correct one major mistake. The article suggests we will save $billions . Not true we will save $trillions. Electric power for vehicles is 70% cheaper. So in about 20 years as we transition from gasoline and diesel the US will save about $540 billion per year. Today generation of electric power is about $0.06 per kWh by natural gas, more by coal but wind solar and grid storage $0.03 per kWh and getting cheaper ever year. The fossil fuel industry is about $10 trillion market and capitalist seem an opportunity to win most of it by constantly improving the cost advantage of renewables and EVs. The climate issue got the initial market going and is still a factor but now the cost advantage is the major driver. So less cost (a lot less), less pollution, less profit for Russian and Middle East Terrorists and a safer world, the oil industry jobs in the Middle East and Russia move the jobs to the US manufacturing, building and maintenance of EV and renewable energy, So win, win, win, win. All because folks stated looking for alternatives to fossil fuel.

https://medium.com/areas-producers/ev-dreams-your-money-honey-7e489d8cd2f5


Here is what renewable did for a small country

https://bob-n-martha-roth.medium.com/ev-dreams-the-canary-out-of-a-coal-mine-4eeb03a4a6b4

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Robert Roth
Robert Roth

Written by Robert Roth

Retired Intel Electrical Engineer, 70's US Navy Officer Nuclear Power Program, Graduate studies in Business UC Berkeley, BSEE U of Fla.

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